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Flights
Please click here to see the flights schedules for our programs.

Insurance
Please note that all VESA participants must have medical insurance to travel on our program. VESA reserves the right to refuse any participant whom can not produce evidence of medical travel insurance at the commencement of the program.

VESA recommends the following company for our travel insurance needs as they are cheap and reliable:

Vaccinations
Whilst no vaccinations are essential VESA strongly recommends that you speak to a medical practitioner about any further immunisations you may need.

Please see the UK Government approved list of travel vaccination and medical service providers.

Visas
Pre-arranged visas are not required for citizens of the UK for travel to Fiji, Ecuador, South Africa or Swaziland. If you are citizen of another country please contact us for further information.

Fundraising
Am I able to fundraise to offset the cost of the program?

Absolutely! In fact, we encourage all our students to actively fundraise to help pay for their program costs. Upon receipt of your deposit and confirmation onto a program, VESA will send out a fundraising package. The fundraising package contains a letter from VESA introducing you to potential donors, a letter from the local host organisation, a list of proven fundraising ideas and a receipt document.

Many of our students have raised all of the funds necessary for their program and flights costs. Join our Facebook group, Volunteer Eco Students Abroad to see some of their ideas.

Please note, whilst VESA is a volunteer organisation it is not a registered charity so donations will not be tax deductible.